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A riveting collection of military aviation programs featuring explosive mishaps, actual combat missions, and miraculous tales of survival as told by the pilots who lived through it all. Loaded with one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-filmed again action scenes.
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Episodes
1. The Final Approach: The Declassified Files
44m
Thrill to unbelievable declassified footage of pilots and aircraft in terrifying moments of flight. Pilots respond to emergencies during take-offs and landings, close calls, fiery crashes. See the F-16's first flight - one no pilot should have survived.
2. Eagles Over the Gulf: Stories of Desert Storm
48m
Meet the daring pilots who flew the tension-filled combat missions of Desert Storm and listen to their thrilling stories, complete with original air combat footage. From Stealth aircraft to Warthogs, only these pilots know the truth behind the stories.
3. Aircraft Carrier Quals
48m
What does it take to become a jet fighter pilot on an aircraft carrier? Witness the good, the bad, and the ugly as pilots develop the skills necessary to keep them and their equipment from crashing into the sea. A naval military aviation fan favorite.
4. Nowhere Else To Go
50m
Witness amazing aircraft carrier approaches and hazardous landings that seem impossible to make and many of those that failed. No job is more dangerous than aircraft carrier operations. Includes rare crash footage.
5. Violent Skies
48m
Witness first hand a jet that has been struck, disoriented, killed by a missile shot, dying in violent skies. Pilots know that someday they'll face the challenge of such violence, and when they do, this is what they'll see.
6. Out Of Control
50m
Watch accident footage from actual mishaps, uncontrollable situations with stalls and drops, pilot-induced oscillations, unrecoverable spins, massive structural failures, and many more astonishing fails.
7. Whatever It Takes
48m
Witness first-hand the moments when things go wrong on military aircraft and how pilots use their ingenuity to beat insurmountable odds and bring their aircraft home in one or, worse, many pieces.
8. Pushing The Limits
46m
Nothing is more deadly than engaging an enemy that outperforms you. Discover the dangers of testing the limits on airspeed, G-forces, turn rates, and more as pilots push their aircraft to find the point that exceeds its limits.
9. Vietnam: Zero Dark Thirty
50m
Vietnam was home to thousands of American military aviators for 10 long years. This incredible video recounts the daily life and missions of pilots in Vietnam like you've never seen it before.
10. WW II Air Attacks
32m
It's WWII, as seen from the gun sights of American fighters and attackers. Be in the center of dogfights. Dive for planes trying to escape. Sit in the cockpit. Original camera footage is still chilling to watch after 75 years.
Extended Details
- SeriesChallenge of Flight
- Closed CaptionsEnglish